This is the terrifying moment a tourist risked falling to his death while taking a photo on the edge of a cliff.
Heart-stopping footage shows the young man appearing at the top of 120ft-high Old Harry Rocks near Swanage, Dorset.
He then can be seen edging out along the 20-inch-wide outcrop with a sheer drop and certain death either side.
The man reached as far as he could before taking his phone out and capturing a few selfies from the beauty spot with the sea in the background.
He then had the perilous walk back to the safety of the cliff top, resorting to slowly climbing on his hands and knees. Luckily, he made it back without falling off.
Local resident Steve Hogan said: ‘When I saw him standing at the top of the cliff I thought he was very close to the edge.
‘Then he started walking out and I thought “what’s this idiot doing?” I couldn’t believe it.
‘It looked to me that something was going to happen and he was going to fall off. It is a very narrow ledge there and he could easily have lost his footing.
This is the terrifying moment a tourist risked falling to his death while taking a photo on the edge of a cliff
Heart-stopping footage shows the young man appearing at the top of 120ft-high Old Harry Rocks near Swanage, Dorset
‘He was probably about 90ft up, that drop would have killed him.
‘He really wanted that selfie.
‘I think there were a couple of friends back at the top and they looked concerned especially when he went out of their sight.
‘He really took a chance but got away with it.
‘You could see he was tired and looked a bit pale afterwards.’
A Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) spokesperson declined to comment on the incident but said they have an online campaign about taking selfies near cliff edges.
It states: ‘The cliffs on the coast may seem like a good spot to get the perfect selfie and it may be tempting to venture close to the edge, but a sudden slip or strong gust of wind can have tragic consequences.
‘A dramatic photograph or selfie is not worth risking your life for.’
The man reached as far as he could before taking his phone out and capturing a few selfies from the beauty spot with the sea in the background
Old Harry Rocks is a popular tourist hotspot near Swanage in Dorset
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It comes after a tourist had a lucky escape after he slipped and fell off Old Harry Rocks, landing in four feet of water in May 2021.
The 28-year-old man had reportedly gotten too close to the edge while taking a selfie at the beauty spot.
The five friends he was with looked on in horror as the unnamed name disappeared over the precipice and plunged towards the bottom.
Luckily, a group of kayakers witnessed the incident and paddled towards the man, who had landed in shallow water.
They helped him on to the rocky shore at the foot of the chalk cliff and gave him first aid.
The man was conscious and talking and was said to have suffered only cuts and bruises, despite falling from such a great height.
The inshore Swanage lifeboat arrived at the scene and placed the man on a stretcher before ferrying him to the all-weather lifeboat.
He was taken to the Swanage lifeboat station where an ambulance rushed met rescuers to rush the man to hospital to check for internal injuries.